Well, the Japanese term "Lolicon" is short for "Lolita Complex." In the anime fandom Lolicon is an attraction to underage girls. The under-aged Girls are called "Lolitas."
In Nabokov's Novel, the protagonist, Humbert Humbert, is a middle-aged man who is smitten with a 12-year-old "girl-child" whom he affectionately refers to as "Lolita."
I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not the Japanese term was derived from Nabokov's Novel?
(P.S. I'm not a child molester, I swear. I'm just a
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